Crystal chenille Hot orange crystal chenille (short butt)
Rug / craft yarn Tan and cream rug craft yarn (body)
How to tie it
Start thread near the eye and bind medium bead-chain eyes on top of the shank a short way back from the eye; figure-8 and lock.
Run thread to the bend. Tie in a craft-fur tail about one-and-a-half shanks long and bar it with a brown permanent marker; add a few strands of pearl Krystal Flash.
At the tail base tie in and wind a short butt of hot-orange crystal chenille as a hotspot.
Cut short lengths of tan and cream rug yarn, lay them across the shank, and secure with figure-8 (criss-cross) wraps, building the body up to the eyes. The crossways yarn gives the flat, crustacean profile.
Figure-8 more yarn around and in front of the bead-chain eyes to fill the head.
Whip finish at the eye, then trim the yarn body flat top and bottom into a rounded shrimp/crab shape and comb it out.